ALA midwinter: weather, war, war worries. (American Library Association midwinter meeting)

From: Information Today | Date: March 1, 1991| Author: Wilson, Martin | Copyright information

ALA Midwinter: Weather, War, Worries

The American Library Association, headquartered in Chicago, isn't scheduled back in town for years to come. While libraries will be visiting such cities as Atlanta, San Francisco, San Antonio, and Miami to attend yearly mid-winter (January) and annual (June/July) conferences, Chicago won't be their destination until 1995.

So it was more than fitting that the most recent midwinter booked into the Second City (January 12-17) wa...

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